The Purge (Original title)
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 31 May 2013 (Release)Countries: USA, France, JapanDirector: James DeMonaco
Synopsis: Crime/Thriller. In 2022, the American government responds to escalating crime and overcrowded prisons by sanctioning an annual 12-hour period called The Purge, in which all criminal activity becomes legal. When an intruder breaks into the home of the Sandin family during The Purge, the family must use any means they can to protect themselves.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: Crime, Pardons
Releases
Date: 31 May 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 85 mins 16 secs - Length: 7674 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire
Date: 07 June 2013Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Title: Anthropocene unconscious: climate anxiety in suburban sfAuthor: Bould, MarkArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that the Anthropocene operates as the unconscious of contemporary art and literature, allowing its concerns to surface even in texts which do not ostensibly address issues of climate breakdown. Considers the persistence of the suburb as a site of bourgeois consumption in science fiction narratives, before examining the interplay of conscious and unconscious elements in the treatment of climate change in three suburban science fiction films: 'The Purge' (2013), 'Marjorie Prime' (2017), 'The Tomorrow War' (2021).
Author: Warwick, Harry Pages: ix, 202 pages
Title: cinema of hopelessness: the rhetoric of rage in 21st century popular culture
Author: PHILLIPS, Kendall R. Pages: xiii, 123 pages
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 31 May 2013 (Release)Countries: USA, France, JapanDirector: James DeMonaco
Synopsis: Crime/Thriller. In 2022, the American government responds to escalating crime and overcrowded prisons by sanctioning an annual 12-hour period called The Purge, in which all criminal activity becomes legal. When an intruder breaks into the home of the Sandin family during The Purge, the family must use any means they can to protect themselves.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: Crime, Pardons
Releases
Date: 31 May 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 85 mins 16 secs - Length: 7674 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire
Date: 07 June 2013Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Science fiction film and television v16 n3 Autumn 2023 Pages: 251-275Title: Anthropocene unconscious: climate anxiety in suburban sfAuthor: Bould, MarkArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that the Anthropocene operates as the unconscious of contemporary art and literature, allowing its concerns to surface even in texts which do not ostensibly address issues of climate breakdown. Considers the persistence of the suburb as a site of bourgeois consumption in science fiction narratives, before examining the interplay of conscious and unconscious elements in the treatment of climate change in three suburban science fiction films: 'The Purge' (2013), 'Marjorie Prime' (2017), 'The Tomorrow War' (2021).
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Dystopia and dispossession in the Hollywood science-fiction film, 1979-2017: the aesthetics of enclosureAuthor: Warwick, Harry Pages: ix, 202 pages
Title: cinema of hopelessness: the rhetoric of rage in 21st century popular culture
Author: PHILLIPS, Kendall R. Pages: xiii, 123 pages